2099 rezultatov
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I Believe In Yesterday(2009) MOORE, TIMAn odyssey through 2,000 years of filth and fury, where men were men, the nights were black, the world was your outside toilet and everything tasted faintly of leeks.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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World History(2001) PONTING, CLIVEConventional accounts of world history tend to focus on the rise of Western civilisation and concentrate on the story of ancient Greece, the Roman empire and the expansion of Europe. Only towards the end of the story does Europe come slowly to dominate thVezava: Mehka35,05 €
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Prehistory(2008) RENFREW, PROFESSOR LORD COLINA brief and original prehistory of the worldVezava: Mehka15,41 €
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History of Diplomacy(2011) BLACK, JEREMYIn A History of Diplomacy Black shows how a form of courtly negotiation and information-gathering developed through increasing globalization into a world-shaping force, examining all aspects of diplomacy: its aims, its achievements, its successes and failVezava: Mehka40,39 €
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Short History Of Progress(2006) WRIGHT, RONALDInspiring a documentary featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen Hawking and Jane Goodall, A Short History of Progress examines the downside of human advancementVezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Campaigns of Alexander(1976) ARRIANDiscusses Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. This title presents an objective portrait of a man of boundless amVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Less Boring History of the World(2012) REAR, DAVETells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bitVezava: Trda26,62 €
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Brief Lives(2011) JOHNSON, PAULPresents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life.Vezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition(1991) KAGAN, DONALDIn the third volume of his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C.Vezava: Mehka49,88 €
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Sugar Barons(2012) PARKER, MATTHEWFor 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Cartoon History of the Universe III(2003) GONICK, LARRYAn irreverent survey in comics spanning world history from the birth of Islam to the Byzantine Empire to the Italian Renaissance.Vezava: Mehka33,25 €
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Lion and the Tiger(2005) JUDD, DENISTelling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whetherVezava: Mehka48,45 €
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Cold War(2008) ISAACS, JEREMY,DOWNING, TAYLOR*A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history*Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC seriesVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Dark Valley(2001) BRENDON, PIERSPiers Brendon's magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade - child of one world war and parent of the next - that determined the course of the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka35,05 €
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Real Heroes Of Telemark(2004) MEARS, RAYRay Mears shows how the success of a vital World War II mission depended on survival skills.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Khartoum(2006) ASHER, MICHAELThe British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. This work presents an account that shedsVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Gallipoli(1998) STEEL, NIGELTells of the disastrous campaign at Gallipoli in 1915 when the allies failed to knock Turkey out of the war. Featuring photographs, this book provides detailed historical descriptions of the area and the events. It is of interest to the armchair historianVezava: Mehka18,21 €